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Quote:

Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 31694608)

There are numerous reports on UA threads of "JI" being the new (Post -11/15/19) "saver" rate. For example:

"You are confirmed in XN class on this flight and have requested a change to JI class." See post #740:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...issues-50.html

As XN is not a saver class. A search on UA.com shows that X and I are still the saver award classes. (SFO-LAX on Dec 17 for example)

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Originally Posted by ExpertFlyer Voice (Post 31695510)

As XN is not a saver class. A search on UA.com shows that X and I are still the saver award classes. (SFO-LAX on Dec 17 for example)

Well, it seems like UA communications suggest that JI appears to be a code worthy of note. And is XN not a saver code reserved for UA credit card holders and elites?

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Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 31695535)

Well, it seems like UA communications suggest that JI appears to be a code worthy of note. And is XN not a saver code reserved for UA credit card holders and elites?

The only Economy saver award class that UA publishes and that EF has is X.

Doing the following search on EF:

Iberia - U inventory award - LAX-MAD on 09/09/20, shows 0 on EF, not available on AA.com, 2 available on IB.com, 2 available on BA.com. Does Iberia not share all the availability with EF? Thanks for any info.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CNMAZ (Post 31701530)

If it's also not available on AA.com then it isn't an issue with EF, it's an issue with how Iberia is publishing the data to all outside partners (BA is the same parent as IB).

I have just paid for a premium account on EF and searched for Flight Status here: https://www.expertflyer.com/air/flightStatus.do

I want to know the reason for a delay on each sector but either I am doing something wrong or it doesn't have the data from TAP

The flights are both Saturday 2 Nov 2019.

LIS-TFS TP1128
TFS-LIS TP1127

I can see the flights on the status page but can't see how I find the reason for the delay

Quote:

Originally Posted by lfc84 (Post 31703478)

The View Comments option isn't available for flights over a day in the past.

I have a flight schedule alert set up for BA105 on 21 May 20 - BA have now cancelled this flight but no alert from EF. Any idea why ExpertFlyer Voice ?

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Originally Posted by Physci (Post 31720090)

I have a flight schedule alert set up for BA105 on 21 May 20 - BA have now this flight but no alert from EF. Any idea why ExpertFlyer Voice ?

BA have now what this flight? Did they cancel the flight? If so the schedule change alert doesn't notify on flight cancellations, just changes in city pair or schedule. If you need more help please email us directly at [email protected]

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Originally Posted by ExpertFlyer Voice (Post 31720534)

Cancelled - OK, got it

Just run a "Visa, Health, and Passport" search and find that there is some text missing from the results. Can you check to see if this is related to the way EF calls and reformats the data or whether the TIMATIC entry is somehow garbled

The search was for

Results from https://www.ExpertFlyer.com

Code:

Visa, Health & Passport:

Information as of 22NOV19 / 0855 UTC

National China (People's Rep.) (CN)

Embarkation Thailand (TH) /Transit Malaysia (MY)

Destination China (People's Rep.) (CN)

ALSO CHECK DESTINATION INFORMATION BELOW

Malaysia (MY)

The bit that concerns me is marked in bold below (I have added the "***"s):

Results from https://www.ExpertFlyer.com

Code:

Visa, Health & Passport:





Information as of 22NOV19 / 0855 UTC

National China (People's Rep.) (CN)

Embarkation Thailand (TH) /Transit Malaysia (MY)

Destination China (People's Rep.) (CN)

ALSO CHECK DESTINATION INFORMATION BELOW

Malaysia (MY)





Visa required, except for Passengers with a Hong Kong (SAR

China) passport, or:

Visa required, except for Passengers with a Macao (SAR China)

passport, or:

Visa required, except for Nationals of China (People's Rep.)

with a "Passport for Public Affairs", or:

Visa required, except for Nationals of China (People's Rep.)

with a Macao (SAR China) Travel Permit, or:

TWOV (Transit Without Visa):

Visa required, except for Nationals of China (People's Rep.)

transiting through Kuala Lumpur (KUL) with a confirmed onward

ticket for a flight to a third country within 120 hours. They

must:



Visa required, except for Nationals of China (People's Rep.)

transiting through Kuala Lumpur (KUL) with a confirmed onward

ticket for a flight to a third country on Malaysia Airlines

(MH) or Air Asia (AK) within 120 hours. ***They must***



Visa required, except for Passengers transiting through Kuala

Lumpur (KUL) with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a

third country within 24 hours. They must:

- arrive at and depart from the same terminal, and

- stay in the international transit area of the airport, and

- have documents required for the next destination.

- This TWOV facility does not apply to nationals of

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (People's Rep.), India, Myanmar,

Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.



Malaysia (MY)



...

I am expecting to see (from various web searches) something that says documents for next destination are required for onward journey and that passengers can leave the transit area, whereas the text is left hanging at "They must ..."

For example if I run a query through the Emirates web-interface I get the text for TWOV
"...Nationals of China (People's Rep.) transiting through Kuala Lumpur (KUL) with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country on Malaysia Airlines (MH) or Air Asia (AK) within 120 hours. They must have documents required for the next destination.
- Passengers are allowed to leave the transit area when they have a passport valid for a minimum of 6 months from the arrival date."

It would certainly give me more peace of mind if running a search through EF gave me the same result!

For some reason, I cannot log on with Facebook anymore. When I click the button, nothing pops up

Quote:

Originally Posted by OSSYULYYZ (Post 31796019)

For some reason, I cannot log on with Facebook anymore. When I click the button, nothing pops up

Then you have an add-on that is blocking Facebook. Either turn it off or email us to remove FB from your account.

Seeing the same. It appears it's a javascript error:
(index):193 Uncaught ReferenceError: loginFB is not defined
at HTMLDivElement.onclick ((index):193)
onclick @ (index):193

This is from Chrome 78. Firefox works fine.

AA availability results now seem to be showing award and upgrade space mixed in with all the revenue fare classes. Not that I'm complaining, because this is way more convenient than having to use the Award & Upgrade search, but is this expected or a temporary glitch that will go away?